diff --git a/lib/libfetch/fetch.c b/lib/libfetch/fetch.c
--- a/lib/libfetch/fetch.c
+++ b/lib/libfetch/fetch.c
@@ -447,7 +447,10 @@
 			goto ouch;
 		}
 		u->doc = doc;
-		while (*p != '\0') {
+		/* fragments are reserved for client-side processing, see
+		 * https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110.html#section-7.1
+		 */
+		while (*p != '\0' && *p != '#') {
 			if (!isspace((unsigned char)*p)) {
 				*doc++ = *p++;
 			} else {
diff --git a/lib/libfetch/http.c b/lib/libfetch/http.c
--- a/lib/libfetch/http.c
+++ b/lib/libfetch/http.c
@@ -1593,7 +1593,6 @@
 	off_t offset, clength, length, size;
 	time_t mtime;
 	const char *p;
-	char *fragment;
 	FILE *f;
 	hdr_t h;
 	struct tm *timestruct;
@@ -1633,13 +1632,6 @@
 		size = -1;
 		mtime = 0;
 
-		/* fragments are reserved for client-side processing, see
-		 * https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110.html#section-7.1
-		 */
-		if ((fragment = strchr(url->doc, '#')) != NULL) {
-			*fragment = '\0';
-		}
-
 		/* check port */
 		if (!url->port)
 			url->port = fetch_default_port(url->scheme);